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Javanese Homo erectus on the move in SE Asia circa 1.8 Ma [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2022
The migration of Homo erectus in Southeast Asia during Early Pleistocene is cardinal to our comprehension of the evolution of the genus Homo. However, the limited consideration of the rapidly changing physical environment, together with controversial ...
Laurent Husson, Tristan Salles, Anne-Elisabeth Lebatard, Swann Zerathe, Régis Braucher, Sofwan Noerwidi, Sonny Aribowo, Claire Mallard, Julien Carcaillet, Danny H. Natawidjaja, Didier Bourlès, ASTER team   +11 more
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New reconstruction of DAN5 cranium (Gona, Ethiopia) supports complex emergence of Homo erectus [PDF]

Nature Communications
The African Early Pleistocene is a time of evolutionary change and techno-behavioral innovation in human prehistory that sees the advent of our own genus, Homo, from earlier australopithecine ancestors by 2.8-2.3 million years ago.
Karen L. Baab, Yousuke Kaifu, Sarah E. Freidline, Michael J. Rogers, Sileshi Semaw   +4 more
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New hominin remains and revised context from the earliest Homo erectus locality in East Turkana, Kenya [PDF]

Nature Communications, 2021
KNM-ER 2598 is one of the oldest known Homo erectus fossils but there are doubts about its age. Here, Hammond et al. trace the original location of the specimen, confirming an age >1.85 million years, and locating additional hominin fossils situated in a
Ashley S. Hammond, Silindokuhle S. Mavuso, Maryse Biernat, David R. Braun, Zubair Jinnah, Sharon Kuo, Sahleselasie Melaku, Sylvia N. Wemanya, Emmanuel K. Ndiema, David B. Patterson, Kevin T. Uno, Dan V. Palcu   +11 more
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Homo erectus adapted to steppe-desert climate extremes one million years ago [PDF]

Communications Earth & Environment
Questions about when early members of the genus Homo adapted to extreme environments like deserts and rainforests have traditionally focused on Homo sapiens.
Julio Mercader, Pamela Akuku, Nicole Boivin, Alfredo Camacho, Tristan Carter, Siobhán Clarke, Arturo Cueva Temprana, Julien Favreau, Jennifer Galloway, Raquel Hernando, Haiping Huang, Stephen Hubbard, Jed O. Kaplan, Steve Larter, Stephen Magohe, Abdallah Mohamed, Aloyce Mwambwiga, Ayoola Oladele, Michael Petraglia, Patrick Roberts, Palmira Saladié, Abel Shikoni, Renzo Silva, María Soto, Dominica Stricklin, Degsew Z. Mekonnen, Wenran Zhao, Paul Durkin   +27 more
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Are thickened cranial bones and equal participation of the three structural bone layers autapomorphic traits of Homo erectus?

Bulletins Et Memoires De La Societe D'Anthropologie De Paris, 2006
Numerous studies have proposed different lists of morphological features to define the species of Homo erectus; among these, some are considered to be autapomorphic.
Antoine Balzeau
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What the eastern African stone tool evidence tells us about Plio-Pleistocene hominin extinctions [PDF]

Cambridge Prisms: Extinction
This paper examines the stone tool evidence associated with extinctions among Australopithecus, Paranthropus, and Homo in Eastern Africa between 0.8 and 3.5 Ma.
John J. Shea
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Infant craniofacial diversity in Early Pleistocene Homo [PDF]

Nature Communications
The adult craniofacial diversity of early Pleistocene Homo species is relatively well-documented, but its developmental foundations is hindered by the scarcity of infant specimens with preserved skeletal features.
José Braga, Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi
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Early evolution of small body size in Homo floresiensis [PDF]

Nature Communications
Recent discoveries of Homo floresiensis and H. luzonensis raise questions regarding how extreme body size reduction occurred in some extinct Homo species in insular environments.
Yousuke Kaifu, Iwan Kurniawan, Soichiro Mizushima, Junmei Sawada, Michael Lague, Ruly Setiawan, Indra Sutisna, Unggul P. Wibowo, Gen Suwa, Reiko T. Kono, Tomohiko Sasaki, Adam Brumm, Gerrit D. van den Bergh   +12 more
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Rib Cross-Sectional Mineralized Area in Early Pleistocene Hominins: Insights From the Homo antecessor and H. erectus s. l. Fossil Record. [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol
ABSTRACT Objectives Rib cross‐sectional mineralized area provides valuable insights into mechanical loading and bone growth and remodeling. Given the scarcity of Early Pleistocene costal remains in the context of human evolution, we aimed to study the cross‐sectional anatomy of fossil ribs from that period and compare them to a modern human ontogenetic
López-Rey JM, García-Martínez D, Gómez-Olivencia A, Cambra-Moo O, González-Martín A, Bastir M, Bermúdez de Castro JM.   +6 more
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Homo luzonensis and the role of homoplasy in the morphology of hominin insular species. [PDF]

Cladistics
Abstract Homo luzonensis lived during the upper Pleistocene in the northern Philippines, east of the Wallace line. The few specimens attributed to this species show a mosaic of plesiomorphies for the genus Homo and apomorphies found in upper Pleistocene Homo species.
Gousset P, Bardin J, Rouget I, Mijares AS, Détroit F.   +4 more
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